A290/A590
Regular Reading Assignments.

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 12, 2025

How to get the most out of the Reading Assignments.

While the Meetings comprise the primary source for this course and will be the final arbiter for questions about Homework answers, we also expect you to do the readings assigned from the required books for the course.

To get the most out of the readings, you should do them before the meetings for the week during which they are assigned. In other words, to get the most out of the first week's readings, you should read them before you attend the first meeting on Tuesday, May 10 (although I realize few if any of you will find this page until after the first day of class).

We will provide encouragement for you to read the book by asking you to submit regular MINI and JIT assignments (See the Homework Assignments Page), that will be based both on the book, and on on-line research you will be asked to do.

I realize you will come across terms or concepts that are unfamiliar and you may also read about items we will not discuss at length in class. However, doing the readings before class will at least introduce you to these terms and concepts so they are not completely foreign to you when we discuss them in class.

Weeks of January 13, January 20, and January 27: (for Meetings 1-6)

• Hoover: System Programming with C and Unix.
  • Chapter 1.
  • Chapter 2: SKIP OVER FOR NOW.
  • Chapter 3.

Weeks of February 3 and February 9:

• Hoover: System Programming with C and Unix.
  • Chapter 2.

Weeks of February 17, 24, and March 3:

• Hoover: System Programming with C and Unix.
  • Chapter 4.